The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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Author: Frank B Cross/ Roger LeRoy Miller
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Case summary:The company, TFCBP, hired a forty-seven-year-old person, AL, for a warehouse position who was subject to a thirty-day prohibition period. The work performance was evaluated at the end of thirty days period by TFCBP and it decided not to retain AL. The person AL filed a case against the company TFCBP, alleging them of discrimination on the basis of age and race. The company TFCBP filed a summary of judgment motion. The performance of AL was presented as evidence to the court. The motion was granted. The appeal was filed by AL.
To Find:The decision of the court in the absence of evidence presented to defend the case.
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